We Own the Night Page #4

Go f*** yourself

and just deal the cards.

- Hello.

- Bobby?

Yeah.

Bobby, it's Michael Solo.

I got some bad news.

It's your brother.

Your brother's been shot.

About an hour ago,

outside his house.

What? Who?

Can you hear me? Your brother's

been shot. He's at Jamaica Hospital.

They're working on him now.

What are you talking about?

I was just with him.

Listen, your father's coming.

I gotta go.

But he's at Jamaica.

I just thought you should know.

What happened?

- My brother was shot.

- Oh, my God.

They're operating on him...

They're operating on him right now.

I gotta...

Bobby.

- Where are my keys?

- They should be on your desk.

- I'll get my coat. I'll go with you.

- No. No.

Stay here tonight.

I'll call you later.

- Bobby, I wanna go with you.

- No. I'll call later.

Bobkes?

- Where you going?

- Deal the cards, man.

Pop, Joe gonna be all right?

He's all right?

You got into a fight with him,

I heard.

- No.

- Well, you got what you wanted...

...and you stayed out of it.

- Burt.

- Why would you say that?

- The union sent a shrink over for you.

- I don't need that crap.

- Your Honor.

- Chief.

- Chief, I'm sorry.

- What happened, Michael? Tell me.

- What's going on?

- I'm glad you're here.

First, I wanna tell you

how sorry I am.

We'll get them, Your Honor.

I'll come back in and run it myself.

The bullet went into his cheek,

came out his jaw.

- It missed his brain, thank God.

- Jesus.

He's very lucky, considering.

Do you know who did it?

No.

Definitely a professional.

They bombed his car.

It's a calling card.

We think it's the Russians.

You know, it's a real shame

we didn't get to Nezhinski before this.

Are you f***ing blaming me?

No.

But I'm not the only one

around here with an opinion.

Best-case scenario...

...doctor says your brother will have to

be here for at least a couple months.

Anyway...

...let's just...

Let's just hope he pulls through.

I'm going to see him.

- Easy.

- Nobody's allowed in...

...except immediate family.

- I'm his brother.

I'm his f***ing brother!

Officers, hold on!

Let him in. It's all right.

- His nametag says "Green."

- It's his brother.

Okay, boss.

I'm sorry, Joe.

This guy got two queens

and he bumps the guy $200?

And then he wins and where the f***

do you run off to, like a Jew, huh?

The place went f***ing bananas.

I gotta straighten things out. I had

to bust some heads like Bruce Lee.

I'm in there busting f***ing heads.

They...

All right, Jumbo?

Jumbo, do me a favor.

Would you grab the check?

Let's get out of here. I'm tired.

All right, fine. I'll go pay the check.

But, Bob, just don't forget that nobody

could ever do for you what I did.

Busting heads.

Hey, don't say nothing to Jumbo

about what happened, all right?

Of course. I just thought he could

cheer you up a little, that's all.

- Thanks.

- Look who's here.

- Hi, Vadim.

- Hey.

We were just about to leave.

- How you doing?

- I'm all right.

Made it through the bust okay?

- I'm here.

- Good. Good. Glad to hear it.

Your uncle's got some

trouble now, though.

You f***ed up the club.

He does what he's gotta do,

I do what I got to do.

He don't own me.

He's got grandkids to worry about,

chasing them around.

Hey, baby, go keep Jumbo company

for a sec, all right?

Nice girl you got there.

One is prettier than the other.

He knows everybody.

He's pretty popular.

You must know a whole network

of people. Clubs, everything, huh?

Listen...

...I got some sh*t coming in.

And some of us think maybe

you could help us get it out there.

My product needs a reputation.

A little dangerous right now,

don't you think?

We got a lot of muscle behind this.

- Muscle?

- Yeah, that's right.

You know a cop got hit today?

Do you think

that was a coincidence?

Well, they're not gonna

sit still for that, you know?

Police are a f***ing joke, dude.

Mickey Mouse ain't gonna

do nothing.

Cop got lucky. He zigged

when he should have zagged.

You sit with them.

Bobby.

The cops...

...they ain't no problem.

So don't worry about it.

We'll get them all.

You cut the head off, the body will fall.

Am I right?

We do it until they get the message.

We just heard that cop's father

is going to be in charge now.

We'll get him too.

We got all their names on a list.

The chief of police will be next.

If you change your mind, call Pavel.

I got a great product.

Why don't you come down

and check it out for yourself?

All right.

Well, you're wrong, chief.

We gotta make a move.

We gotta make it now.

- No! We don't go nuts.

- You heard what Bobby just said.

Nezhinski's got a contract

out on us, Burt.

I know that. You wanna

take over my department?

You wanna run it?

What do you wanna do?

- I want an answer from you.

- Answer for what?

I have no answers now.

We're looking for him, all right?

Use your head. If we go arrest them,

they'd be back on the street in a day.

We gotta catch them

with their hands full...

...find out where they got the real

weight, then we make the move.

- We don't have that much time.

- Doesn't matter. It's the right play.

- I say we hit them all.

- What?

- Wipe them out. No survivors.

- Don't be a first-class schmuck.

- We don't have the time to infiltrate.

- That is exactly my point.

Then we make the time.

- At whose expense?

- Hold on!

I want you all

to understand something, all right?

We don't ever play in the dirt here.

Not ever, no matter what.

When you piss in your pants,

you can only stay warm for so long.

Bobby.

Is there anything else you know

or anything you can tell us?

Nezhinski come in and...

...he was saying they're trying

to create a brand name, that they...

...wanna corner the market.

Why did he tell you this?

I don't know. He thought

I could help him build a reputation.

Nice friends you got there.

Know what, Pop? He's not my friend.

All right? He came at me.

All right.

I'm not interested in that.

I don't deal.

But didn't you lead him on?

No, I didn't f***ing lead him on.

The guy's crazy. He told me

I could come look at his operation.

- I didn't even ask.

- He talked about his operation?

Maybe that's it. Maybe that's key.

What's your point?

We put a Kel on him.

Then send one of our uncles in.

Wait a minute. Wait.

Who's gonna be the tail?

No, forget about it. No way.

No. Forget it. Forget it!

You go to his spot, right?

And you let him talk.

You let him hang himself.

And then we trail you,

you know, to the location.

A week later, we pop him.

And your name's cleared.

Nobody knows it's you.

Mike, it's too dangerous for him.

He's my son.

- He's connected to all of us.

- No one knows I'm connected to you.

- What?

- I don't talk about you.

What about your girlfriend?

She knows about you, right?

Yeah.

All right, leave me alone

a minute. Okay?

I gotta fill out these line-of-duty reports

for your brother, for Joseph.

I didn't know this

was gonna happen, Pop.

Yeah, well...

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